Dear James': More writer info.

[Pete v.B.]

Sire's - if a really good Campaign Workbook piece comes in, but is 952 words, is that acceptable? (I know 1,100 min.) Would you suggest a re-submit after beefing it up? Thanks! PvB

[James Jacobs]

Peter von Bleichert wrote:

Sire's - if a really good Campaign Workbook piece comes in, but is 952 words, is that acceptable? (I know 1,100 min.) Would you suggest a re-submit after beefing it up? Thanks! PvB

Unfortunately, 952 words is just a tad over one page in the magazine. Campaign workbooks cover two pages, which is why we have such strict word counts for them. There's always ways to add more words, so I'd suggest adding a little more to it before sending it in.

[Pete v.B.]

I will resubmit. Thank you for your time.

James Jacobs wrote:

Peter von Bleichert wrote:

Sire's - if a really good Campaign Workbook piece comes in, but is 952 words, is that acceptable? (I know 1,100 min.) Would you suggest a re-submit after beefing it up? Thanks! PvB

Unfortunately, 952 words is just a tad over one page in the magazine. Campaign workbooks cover two pages, which is why we have such strict word counts for them. There's always ways to add more words, so I'd suggest adding a little more to it before sending it in.

[Cat Daemon]

When sending an article with a table in, how do you work out the effective wordcount of the table? Do you just count the actual words in the table or do you try and calculate the size in column inches (and therefore how much word-space the table takes up)?

[James Jacobs]

Just go by whatever word count your word processor says is in the document. The fact that tables (or stat blocks) take up more space in than their words normally account for is minimized by the fact that we use a smaller, more condensed fonts for those elements.

[rjjr]

Dragon Editors,

What is the policy on updating 1st and 2nd ed modules? What about expanding 'sample encounters' from a sourcebook (ie Hordes of the Abyss) into a full-blown adventure? I'm not asking you to condone plagarism, of course. But what is acceptable?

[Cat Daemon]

rjjr wrote:

Dragon Editors,

What is the policy on updating 1st and 2nd ed modules? What about expanding 'sample encounters' from a sourcebook (ie Hordes of the Abyss) into a full-blown adventure? I'm not asking you to condone plagarism, of course. But what is acceptable?

Thanks. I'll do that.

[Cat Daemon]

James Jacobs wrote:

Just go by whatever word count your word processor says is in the document. The fact that tables (or stat blocks) take up more space in than their words normally account for is minimized by the fact that we use a smaller, more condensed fonts for those elements.

Thanks. I'll do that.